Unofficial lake recork for Eagle Mountain Lake

63 lbs blue did not realize it was record until I got home. Oh well I'll have to catch another one to claim
the record.

That is a pig.

Did you clean her?

What bait was it caught on and water depth?

When that sucker is at the Casa and Boat all backed up and ready for the next trip???
Id say shes was put into the Grease.(Just my Guess tho) BIG OL PIGG regardless

Nice going,congrats!

She was cleaned and so was the 33 lb that came from that trip.
What a day.

sorry forgot photo of 33 lb

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Good fish. Hope you and the family enjoy them.

If you can make them taste good, all the more power to ya
good fish!!

Very nice, but what happened to Catch/Photo/Release? Lots of eater size in that lake.

Mehh I'm not sure I'm buyin.

As in I'm skeptical of the location.

Whole thing feels trolly to me

Side Note: Looks like two different fish to me. The top being a Flathead and the other a Blue. Just my two cents.

Lol if they are different, they are still both blues

You may be right!

good looking fish! bet yall have a good fish fry coming up.

Very nice cats, congrats. Drive back and claim your record lol. Its not too late......

G Love you shouldn't be skeptical of location I been fishing Eagle Mountain for years.
I used to guide on this lake part time and there are plenty of big blues there.

Nice fish. Not my thing to kill big breeders like that. I've fished that lake a time or two myself. Lots of jug lines and trot lines littering the waters now.


What guide service did you do on the lake?

+1 Shameful fall out of pride and greed
Just takes some kids longer is all . . . . . .

Well I think many folks do fish for food. I clean a good number of fish each year. I will tell you that the large ones do in fact taste very good. I will also tell you that I don't catch many large ones. I did clean a 31 pound flathead and it was great.

legal is legal. Thank the Lord there is a slot limit for big blues on my lake. With a little conservation we can all continue to catch these majestic monsters for years to come. Hopefully the slot will catch on state wide.

Nice blue. And nice royal Star. I have one myself

+1
Sad truth when Law has to replace ethics

Im thinking that there is a lake wirth catfish

Cleaning the monsters sucks anyways congrats

And this is why we need slot limits... There's plenty of smaller fish to eat. Let the trophy's swim.

He caught them and they are his to eat! What a bunch of snobs! i usually throw anything back over ten pounds but have kept plenty bigger. And I like fishing jug lines and trotlines, they are not litter and they take time to build and work to bait them. This forum is getting full of snobbish better than thou jerks. Get a grip! Or is it just jealousy, you just can't catch the big ones so you gripe when someone does?

Something to think about; 1. Big ones make lots of little ones. 2. Little ones are called "eaters" for a reason, they are superior on the plate. 3. That old fish has been exposed to all kinds of chemicals from runoff, would not want to eat poison. But some will and do which is within the law. Congrats on a fish of a lifetime

A fifteen inch fish can make plenty of little ones and it is true that larger fish have been around longer to absorb chemicals. It would seem though that if this were a problem there would be an advisory on eating fish from the lake.

Yep, starting to sound like some bass fisherman

Same thing in the crappie fishing world. It's hard to get people to throw back the bigger trophy crappie because they are such good table fare in any size. I personally don't have a problem with people eating the bigger ones.. to each their own as long as it is within the law. I would be willing to bet these bigger fish don't spawn as prolifically (if at all) as the smaller "eaters" anyways. JMO

That was a giant, congrats. Makes the one my grandson caught look like a guppy

Big trophy blue catfish are prolific spawners. They produce hundreds of thousands of eggs. Eaters blue catfish don't even spawn. They don't reach sexual maturity until about 24inches.

Actually TPWD sets length limits generally so that the minimum legal length fish have spawned at least once before they can be legally retained.

12" blues have already spawned?

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Big trophy blue catfish are prolific spawners. They produce hundreds of thousands of eggs. Eaters blue catfish don't even spawn. They don't reach sexual maturity until about 24inches. [/quote]

Mike nailed it! Hopefully one of the fish hatchery guys will jump on here help explain bluecat breeding...educating us anglers is the only way we are going to be able to keep catching monsters year after year...release the toads!!! A little conservation can go a long way!

on tawakoni you can keep a 1" blue now

Not just twok, there's other lakes with no length limit. So tpwd isn't at all worried if they've spawned or not.

Nah, why I'm laughing at the misinformed comment. lol

He sounds so sure though lol

Not really sure why you would want to take a cat home that size to Eat?...lol big breeders like that need to stay in the lake.